Casting a wider net: Cascade Die Casting to expand North Carolina site
Casting capacity expands right in the heart of a key OEM supply chain.
Tag: Manufacturing
Aluminum's turning point
If you’re part of the downstream aluminum market, it’s time to think ahead and adapt.
Why Superior Industries' collapse should matter to the downstream aluminum market
Superior Industries is officially off the New York Stock Exchange, and while that might sound like a corporate headline, it carries bigger weight for anyone tied to the aluminum supply chain.
America's aluminum story: Scrap savvy and tariff turbulence
If you want cheap domestic aluminum, the answer is recycled content.
Allison Transmission acquires Dana’s off-highway arm: Implications for Aluminum and Indiana’s industrial base
Dana Incorporated is selling its off-highway business to Allison Transmission, inserting a heavyweight operator into a value chain that had previously developed without it.
AMU PATH Fireside Chat: Bumper-to-bumper breakdown of aluminum’s changing role in today’s vehicles
The aluminum industry’s relationship with the automotive sector is as complicated as ever, but narrative moving forward places a greater emphasis on how and where value is being captured or left behind.
Tariff whiplash: 50% tariffs join the melt mix
Just when we thought we’d get a breather from tariffs news, President Trump has announced his intention to double tariffs on aluminum imports to 50% effective June 4th.
What Superior’s lost wheel contract says about regional sourcing
While Michigan-based Superior did not name the “large North American OEM customer”, the scale suggests a major Detroit-based automaker.
Earnings wrap; tariffs begin: Why Ford may be the downstream aluminum barometer
For domestic automakers, first-quarter 2025 earnings were once again defined by suspended guidance and repeated references to “tariff uncertainty”.
The new math of Trump's auto tariffs
The purpose of the tapered tariff reduction is to allow time to readjust supply lines or onshore manufacturing to the U.S., a phaseout that incentivizes shifts in components production.